#AE4E44#AE4E44

#AE4E44 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.149; OKLCH L 54.4% C 0.128 H 28.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE4E44
RGB	rgb(174, 78, 68)
HSL	hsl(6, 44%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(6, 61%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.2%, 60.9%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.45, 38.47, 25.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.45, 45.88, 33.02°)
OKLab	oklab(54.44% 0.1129 0.0601)
OKLCH	oklch(54.44% 0.128 28)
XYZ	xyz(21.2252, 14.8674, 7.2197)
Luminance	0.1487 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE4E44 #44A4AE

analogous

#AE446F #AE4E44 #AE8344

triadic

#AE4E44 #44AE4E #4E44AE

tetradic

#AE4E44 #6FAE44 #44A4AE #8344AE

square

#AE4E44 #6FAE44 #44A4AE #8344AE

split-complementary

#AE4E44 #44AE83 #446FAE

monochromatic

#562722 #823A33 #AE4E44 #C5736A #D69C96

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.29

#AE4E44 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.97

#AE4E44 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE4E44

5.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE4E44	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE4E44	1.00	5.29	3.97	5.29
#FFFFFF	5.29	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.97	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.29	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#665F43

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E7342

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE3D4C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae4e44;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 78, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.4% 0.128 28.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb8278',
    500: '#ae4e44',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae4e44;
$custom-light: #cb8278;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae4e44",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.66,
    "s": 43.802,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54442,
    "c": 0.12789,
    "h": 28
  },
  "luminance": 0.14865
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE4E44

secondary

#8CBDC2

accent

#C8D454

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FAEFED

border

#D3CAC8

text

#140B09

muted

#837C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE4E44

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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